White Papers

Written by leading industry professionals and the experts at Scalable Software, our IT asset management white papers offer technology and business insight into the challenges and opportunities of integrated, cloud-based IT Asset Management solutions.

Maturing the IT Asset Management Discipline Primer for 2017

In this Gartner Research report, discover why making a robust, dynamic and well-funded ITAM discipline a strategic imperative and success prerequisite for digital business.

To address the challenges of software asset management (SAM), a new class of SAM tool has emerged that is both specialized enough to keep pace with the rapid changes on devices and licensing models, but is also broad enough to satisfy all aspects of today’s needs.

Read this white paper to explore the main reasons why these contemporary, holistic, and unified IT Asset Management products provide the best hope for return on investment in IT Asset Management projects.

Download this white paper to discover how new IT Asset Management technologies enable IT Asset Managers to provide levels of automation, governance, integration, reporting and self-service to keep pace with the challenges of IT Asset Management in the Cloud era.

Software as a Service (SaaS) is leaking into organizations at an alarming rate, and has the potential to create significant challenges for organizations. Download this white paper to learn how state of the art SaaS adoption tracking technologies are helping IT overcome these issues.

This white paper explores the fundamental shortcomings of the first-generation SAM model. It focuses on the benefits of pursuing license allocation as the only viable method of defending against a software audit, while maximizing the investment in software.

This brief ENTERPRISE MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATES® (EMA™) report addresses new core requirements for a more strategic, inclusive, and automated approach to IT Asset Management, and introduces Scalable Software as an example of meaningful innovation within this changing IT universe.

Research data in 2014 shows a clear move toward a more service-oriented and service-aware approach for IT asset management and IT financial optimization. Download this EMA analyst report to learn how IT organizations are making the transition from a cost-centric, back-office operation to a value-driven business partner.

SCCM is one of the most widely deployed configuration management products in use today, but SCCM can be augmented to great benefit. Download this white paper to discover the top five reasons why companies augment SCCM with Asset Vision Optimize.

The time has come for IT asset management (ITAM) and its related discipline, software asset management (SAM), to re-invent themselves. Discover why the time is right for a reboot of ITAM, and what such a reboot might mean for modern organizations.

Software Portfolio Rationalization (SPR) is a modern iteration of traditional Software Asset Management (SAM). Discover why the time is right to try a different approach to SAM. Download this white paper to learn how SPR addresses three compelling problems at the top of every CIO’s agenda.

Due to the increase in the number and frequency of Microsoft software license audits, it is no longer “if” but “when” for a Microsoft audit for IT departments in organizations of all sizes. Get a step-by-step action plan to prepare for a Microsoft audit now, and you’ll learn specific areas in which Asset Vision slashes time-to-compliance-position while increasing accuracy and reducing organizational angst.

Responding to client requests, Capgemini conducted a survey to determine the best discovery tools for software asset management on the market. Download this benchmark report to learn how SAM tools stack up against each other in a number of key categories.

A Gartner study suggested enterprises that meter application usage can achieve license savings of up to 25% in the first year. This benefit is qualified by the requirement to use metering technology that is quick to implement and holistic. Download this white paper to learn more about the benefits of monitoring application usage.

Scalable’s IT Asset Management Solutions & Services

We provide an integrated, cloud-based, product-set that discovers and aggregates IT asset, usage, license and procurement information, to present coherent and actionable intelligence, supported by industry expertise, to optimize an organizations investment in IT. Our software asset management services have led many businesses to improve. Let your business thrive with solutions and optimization by Scalable.